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Mauritania must accelerate economic diversification to achieve its ambition of becoming an upper-middle-income country by 2050, the World Bank said in a report published on Nov 24, citing the limits of a development model driven by extractive industries. “The extractive-led growth path is reaching its end,” the Bank said, noting that while Mauritania posted an […]
Gold prices surged to historic highs in 2025, repeatedly approaching $4,000 an ounce, according to the World Gold Council, as geopolitical tensions, global inflation and aggressive central bank buying drove demand for the safe-haven metal. The rally has reignited debate over Africa’s role in the global gold market. The continent holds nearly 30% of global […]
Morocco has implemented a Cloud First Policy as a cornerstone of its Digital Morocco 2030 strategy, fundamentally changing how the government approaches digital infrastructure and services. The policy establishes cloud solutions as the mandatory default choice for all public administration technology investments. Salma Tazi, Director of Cloud Infrastructure and Offshoring at the Ministry of Digital […]
Moroccan and French Ministers of the Interior, Abdelouafi Laftit and Laurent Nuñez, held, on Tuesday in Marrakech, a meeting that provided the opportunity for the two parties to review different issues of mutual interest, with focus on security and migration matters. The French official is visiting Morocco to attend the 93rd INTERPOL General Assembly, currently […]
Morocco is positioning its Atlantic coastline as a strategic gateway for trade and regional integration, Transport and Logistics Minister Abdeslam Kayouh told the 34th session of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Assembly in London. “Maritime transport is a strategic pillar of Morocco’s economy,” Kayouh said, noting that over 96% of the kingdom’s foreign trade moves […]
Morocco, in keeping with a firm belief in the just nature and centrality of the Palestinian cause, and given, as well, its commitment to achieving a just peace and its keenness to capitalize on the positive momentum generated by the ceasefire agreement, has affirmed its readiness to engage in international efforts to bring about the […]
The Algerian and South African regimes have suffered a major diplomatic setback at the G20 summit, held lately in Johannesburg, after failing to add the Sahara conflict in the final Declaration issued by the summiteers. All their persistent maneuvers to include wordings making reference to the Sahara issue have failed as the whole world has […]
Libya’s Office of the Public Prosecutor has initiated a sweeping investigation after reports confirmed that a counterfeit version of the medical disinfectant “Instru Zym” was being distributed in the local market, despite the German manufacturer stating it has not exported the product to Libya for five years. A verification exercise by the Judicial Control Affairs […]
Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF), on Monday, November 24, announced a unilateral three-month humanitarian truce, a day after the Sudanese Armed Forces dismissed an internationally supported ceasefire proposal. RSF commander Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, in a televised address, said the pause was intended to ease suffering and facilitate the delivery of aid to civilians exhausted by […]
Egypt concluded the first day of the second phase of its 2025 parliamentary elections on Monday, November 24, with millions of citizens turning out across 13 Governorates. The National Elections Authority (NEA) reported that some 34 million eligible voters are participating in this stage, which will run until today, November 25. A total of 1,316 […]